Key Takeaways from the SHAPE Conference
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Outride’s Riding for Focus (R4F) middle school cycling education program provides a great place for students to learn the basics of bike riding, equipping them with the skills to ride safely and confidently. The program is now in over 350 schools across the USA and Canada, reaching over 50,000 students each year. The majority of students who participate in the program report an increased interest in riding beyond the school day, acting as a great jumping off point for other cycling activities, be it riding for transportation, participating in a local National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) league, sparking interest in bike mechanic programs like Project Bike Tech, and beyond.
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Outride team joins ambassadors and partners for the 2023 SBT GRVL race, and hosts first ever FLM FST.
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Outride has grown its investment to nearly $2M dollars and expanded its support to include 212 community cycling projects across the US in over 40 states, including 22 new partners in this round.
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We have big news! Outride received the largest unrestricted donation in the history of the organization from Strata Worldwide.
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Applications are open for our 2023 Riding For Focus program, which provides middle schools everything they need to get students bicycling - improving physical, mental, and community health while students ride.
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Since 2019, Outride has proudly supported community nonprofits by committing more than $1.5 million to 170+ youth cycling projects across the country. We’re excited to continue this critical work as cycling as a sport, hobby, and means of transportation continues to grow globally. Learn what’s new about this new Outride Fund application cycle.
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Exciting news from the Outride Fund and Riding For Focus! Keep learning from the Outride Summit, and Outride in the news!
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The 2022 Outride Summit brought together an array of leaders and incredible talent from across industries both digitally and live at Specialized Bicycle HQ in Morgan Hill, CA from multi-world champion and Olympic cyclists, to renowned researchers from the likes of Stanford University. The Outride Summit brought forward what Outride has believed all along: that cycling lights up the brain, and the benefits are far-reaching: assisting in empowering youth and communities to push through the cultural mental health crisis we are currently facing.
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49 new Outride Riding For Focus (R4F) programs are starting up for the first time and getting #morekidsonbikes! Since our early days, we’ve brought Riding For Focus to over 225 middle schools around the country, giving kids the confidence to keep pedaling into adulthood, and a taste of the cognitive, physical, socio-emotional, and community-building benefits that bikes help create! Click through to learn more.
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We’d like to share some changes that you will see for the Outride team.
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The California Field School uses the bicycle as a tool for teaching youth about history, the environment and community throughout the state. Outride is proud to support California Field School through a Summer 2022 Outride Fund grant.
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The Fearless Flyers program goes beyond group rides and bicycle basics to provide community-based education, wellness resources and an inclusive cycling environment.
We’re proud that Fearless Flyers is a 2nd-time recipient of an Outride Fund matching community grant. Read on to learn more about how Fearless Flyers is supporting queer youth in New York City.
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June is a busy month at Outride, with the themes of community, connection, and fun on two wheels rising to the surface: It is PRIDE month, Outride’s Summer Solstice ride is June 18th through 21st, the Outride Fund committed over $450,000 to 44 youth cycling programs, and today, we’re headed to the largest gravel race in the nation, Unbound, in Emporia, KS. If that doesn’t sound like a glorious kick off to summer, we don’t know what would!
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Welcome to Mental Health Awareness Month. Read on for more about the health impacts of the pandemic, the benefits of getting on a bike, new research from our Riding For Focus program, and a conversation with Meg Fisher at Sea Otter.
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Learn how kids in Outride’s Riding for Focus program are pedaling for social, emotional, and cognitive well-being.
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There are so many good things happening at Outride right now. We’re excited to share! 2022 Outride Ambassadors, Riding For Focus updates, Outride Fund news, sweet Outride gear on Competitive Cyclist, and more!
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Outride announces 53 new Riding For Focus Programs around the country. Learn more about the benefits of the Riding For Focus program and see the list of grantees.
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Outride’s Winter grant application is now open! Also, read on for recent news from Outride Fund grantees, one of our Riding For Focus programs, Outride Research, and more!
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This year's summit, Advancing Youth and Community Well-Being through Cycling, covered topics as wide ranging as measuring brain activation and youth development, to programmatic models centering youth voice, to cycling as a social justice issue. It was a first-of-its-kind convening of individuals, researchers, community organizations, and educators all speaking to the importance of diversifying the next generation of cyclists and taking an active role in well-being and futures of youth—by getting them on bikes!
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